My personal opinion of The Verge writers is that they are mostly liberal arts majors LARPing as tech experts to make ends meet. The general resentment for the ascendancy of tech is palpable. Maybe someone in their 18th Century English lit class called them a geek at some point, so they honestly think they know what they’re talking about relative to the general public, but the average commenter on HN has greater context on almost anything The Verge churns out. I’m okay with non-technical people in journalism roles, but I do take issue with presenting these people as authoritative sources that can express their subjective opinions as unchallenged fact, and that’s what The Verge is all about as of late.